The new contract recognises the GP crisis – but it has a hidden agenda

In the new five-year GP contract, general practice has finally received sufficient funding from the Government that, on the surface, claims to offer a solution to the incredible strain that has been undermining patient care for the best part of a decade.

Plans are laid out for an expanded workforce, for tackling the avalanche of paperwork and for rescuing practices that face collapse.

It also provides support for doctors buckling under this strain, with services to help address burnout and stress, and pledges to introduce a range of other professionals - such as pharmacists, physiotherapists and nurses - to the workforce, in a bid to help share the workload.

On the face of it, this is a credible vision, bringing together a number of different strategies in a genuine effort to help general practice.

This new contract is designed as an endgame – with the final stages seeing the GP workforce replaced with low-paid pharmacists, physiotherapists and nurses.

This new contract is designed as an endgame – with the GP workforce replaced with low-paid pharmacists, physiotherapists and nurses

Added to which the prohibition on providing private care alongside NHS services shows that entrepreneurial GPs are not wanted, only big corporations and wage slaves. From a profession to an assembly line in less than 20 years. People will not know what is denied to the many until it is gone. And the few that can access a real doctor: forget it unless you live in London - as the politicians do.

precisely why i have at long last thrown in the towel, i cannot believe after nearly 30 years in the NHS without a break i will be able to sleep peacefully in my bed and not worry about reminding reception to recall joe for his renal function test the hospital requested before restarting his spironolactone. Thank the heavens above i am out I AM FREE before the NHS f's up my life any further. At least i can enjoy more of my life before i hit my 60s and not have any regrets. My children will see a happier dad and my wife will remember how how much fun it use to be in the old days, thats if the world itself does not implode before then!!!

It seems to me that the main reason why the Government have agreed an indemnity solution is to progress their agenda to replace GPs
They know that GPs would not take on the vast numbers of non doctors if GPs had to cover the costs of the mistakes etc that all these non doctors will make when they will be expected to make decisions!!!
Sadly our colleagues do not understand the end game of “multidisciplinary teams” who are usually risk averse inefficient and “ GP informed “ clinicians!!!
Ashok Rayani